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Find out which drinks are liable for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and how much you may need to pay.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
These documents explain how OHID is approaching reduction and food and drink reformulation as part of the government’s obesity strategy.
Check which ingredients to use to make cider or perry that qualifies for Cider Duty rates. If you use other ingredients, you must pay Wine Duty rates instead.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
This collection brings together HMRC's excise notices for alcohols listed in alphabetical order.
Find out if the goods you're declaring to inward or outward processing are classed as sensitive goods.
A detailed report assessing progress in the first year of the sugar reduction programme, principally for the food industry and public health bodies.
Progress report on the sugar reduction programme between 2015 and 2018, principally for the food industry and public health bodies.
Outlines the provisions of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021, and provides assistance in understanding and applying them.
What denatured alcohol is, and how you apply for authorisation to produce, stock, distribute, sell or use it.
How to work out the dilution ratio of your drink, and what records you need to keep about the dilution ratio for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.
A technical report outlining guidelines for industry, 2017 baseline levels for drinks in scope and next steps.
Check the rates of duty for beer, cider, spirits, wine and other fermented products.
Use the laboratory alcohol table to get the percentage of alcohol by volume on your product.
Find forms for alcohol duties, including registering, reliefs, paying, returns, excise warehousing, excise movements and EMCS fallback forms.
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